Publisher's Synopsis
About "Sherlock Holmes" series: Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skilful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases. He is arguably the most famous fictional detective ever created and is one of the best known and most universally recognizable literary characters in any genre. Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that featured Holmes. All but four stories were narrated by Holmes' friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson, two having been narrated by Holmes himself, and two others are written in the third person. The first two stories, short novels, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887 and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the beginning of the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine in 1891; further series of short stories and two serialized novels appeared almost right up to Conan Doyle's death in 1930. The stories cover a period from around 1878 up to 1903, with a final case in 1914. About "The Valley of Fear": (Sherlock Holmes #4)The plot of the novel is based very loosely on the real-life activities of the Molly Maguires and, particularly, of Pinkerton agent James McParland.The novel is divided into two parts: in the first, Holmes investigates an apparent murder and discovers that the body belongs to another man; and in the second, the story of the man originally thought to have been the victim is told. All "Sherlock Holmes" Series is available on Amazon: Series#1- A Study in Scarlet, Series#2- The Sign of the Four, Series#3- The Hound of the Baskervilles, Series#4- The Valley of Fear, Series#5- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Series#6- The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Series#7- His Last Bow, Series#8- The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Series#9- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. These books have re-edited for correction of any kind of grammatical errors for your clear understanding at the time of when you read.
